North Carolina middle and high school students can help fight prescription drug abuse and overdose deaths by entering a video contest sponsored by Attorney General Roy Cooper and the NC Department of Justice. READ MORE

In light of recent nationwide concerns about antibiotic-resistant infections, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Public Health (DPH) is encouraging healthcare providers and the public to use antibiotics carefully and appropriately to limit the spread of antibiotic resistance. Unnecessary or inappropriate uses of antibiotics are primary causes of the increase in drug-resistant bacteria.
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Northside is back in the girls’ basketball sectional finals for the seventh consecutive season, thanks to a dominating first-half effort by Timia Grant and a milestone night by Kayla Stephens. READ MORE

Certain that they are right, struggling to find ways to get their message across, public health officials are exasperated by their inability to persuade more U.S. parents to vaccinate their children. READ MORE